A multifrequency passive sensing tag with on-chip temperature sensor and off-chip sensor interface using EPC HF and UHF RFID technology

IEEE Journal of Solid-State Circuits

Volumn 46, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 3075-3088

  Reinisch, Hannes ^a   Wiessflecker, Martin ^a   Gruber, Stefan ^b   Unterassinger, Hartwig ^b   Hofer, Gnter ^b   Klamminger, Michael ^a   Pribyl, Wolfgang ^a   Holweg, Gerald ^b  

^a GRAZ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

^b INFINEON TECHNOLOGIES AUSTRIA AG   (Austria)

Author keywords

Differential; electro magnetic; energy harvesting; high frequency (HF); rectifier; single ended; temperature sensor; ultrahigh frequency (UHF)

Indexed keywords

DIFFERENTIAL; ELECTRO-MAGNETIC; HIGH-FREQUENCY (HF); RECTIFIER; SINGLE-ENDED; ULTRA-HIGH-FREQUENCY;

ARTS COMPUTING; CMOS INTEGRATED CIRCUITS; ELECTRIC NETWORK SYNTHESIS; ELECTRIC RECTIFIERS; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELDS; ENERGY HARVESTING; RADIO NAVIGATION; SENSOR NODES; TEMPERATURE SENSORS;

RADIO FREQUENCY IDENTIFICATION (RFID);

EID: 82155162440     PISSN: 00189200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSSC.2011.2167548     Document Type: Conference Paper

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